Guelph Yoga Fest

Breath skills and meditation with mindku

The more you pay attention to your body's signals, the more you can practice to meet yourself with the skillful use of your breath no matter what the circumstances AND the easier it will become to use your breath to interface with your nervous system.

Katherine Boudreau

Head of Programs, mindku

Calm breath

This is the CALM land of REST & DIGEST, your parasympathetic nervous system. In this land your breathing volume and rate is low and slooooow. Your heart rate is also slower. You have a full vision system that allows you to move from focused vision to a panoramic view where you can see the whole picture. Without immediate threats you have access to systems that nourish you and to areas of your brain that allow you to solve problems and make decisions.

Katherine Boudreau

Head of Programs, mindku

Active breath

This is the ACTIVE land or GO! SYSTEM, your sympathetic nervous system. In modern terms, the escape from the lion might be when you speak in front of a group, feel threatened in a heated argument or you are reliving something stressful by going over the details of a past event in your mind. There are also times that you will seek out the ACTIVE green bank, the GO! System, like when you need to get through an afternoon slump at work so you can focus on the tasks at hand OR being in the right state to do a challenging physical workout at the gym.

Katherine Boudreau

Head of Programs, mindku

Balanced breath

The in between place can be accessed through Balanced breath skills so that you can experience both CALM and ACTIVE FOCUS. Examples of balanced breathing are balanced nostril dominance OR balanced breath counts.

Guelph Yoga Fest

Pre-meeting meditation

Just a couple of minutes will help clarify your meeting intention, clear your mind, reduce stress, and increase focus.

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Learn how to relax into the present moment to respond skillfully to thoughts and situations that arise.

Use micropractices as a team to enhance resilience, heighten empathy, increase focus and productivity.

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‘Ku’ in Hawaiian means ‘stillness’, or ‘to take a stand’. Mindku means ‘stillness of the mind’ or to ‘take a stand for your mind’. The Mindku Program is rooted in neuroscience and built with specific micropractices to enhance resilience and help improve brain function.

With present moment awareness as the foundation, explore how to reduce anxiety, heighten empathy, increase focus and productivity and develop authentic leadership skills. Join us for three sample immersive experiences. Take a stand for your mind, move into stillness with your team and experience the benefits.